P.E.I. man had no quit in him while attempting to break world mark

A Prince Edward Island man broke the world record at 3 a.m. this past Sunday after working 113 hours at Hunter's Ale House over East Coast Music Week.

Phil Gallant needed over 111 hours to break the record for longest bartending shift and did so by banking 113 hours. The final hour was pretty quiet, he said.

The people closest to him including his mom, girlfriend and a few of his closest friends, surrounded Gallant as he broke the world record.

"On Sunday I was kind of numb to the whole fact. I just wanted it to be over. I think it meant a lot more to other people than it did to myself personally. I was more concerned about the raising of the money."

Gallant had a goal of raising $5,000 for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation and was relieved when he reached it.

"That was more on mind than the actual record."

There were a couple of points where Gallant questioned what he had gotten himself into. He started his 113-hour shift on Wednesday, April 2, at 10 a.m. and was yawning by 1 p.m that day.

"I didn't get any sleep Tuesday and I was really tired Wednesday afternoon and I had just started."

Gallant didn't sleep well on Tuesday, the day before his shift started, because he was stressing out from all the pressure.

"So many people were talking about it and sharing it online."

Thursday night and Friday were really tough because he knew he still had a big hump to get over.

However it was Saturday that was the worst because Hunter's Ale House was so busy, he said.

Phil Gallant is shown a couple of days after tending bar for 113 hours at Hunter's Ale House in Charlottetown. It will be a couple of months before he knows whether his efforts will be rewarded with an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records. In the process, Gallant also raised $5,000 for the QEH Foundation.